Until class and the reading, I honestly never gave much thought to white privilege. I know that is one of the problems, is that most people do not think about it. I’m not trying to disagree with this fact, cause white Americans do have more privileges then other groups. But there are many discussion topics that I do not necessarily agree with.
One thing I do not agree with though is about generalizing. Earlier posts have mentioned it, and I think that many problems could arise from generalizing. We may be a self absorbed nation, but I do not necessarily think someone should say all of us are. I know that I have a good life, and have a better life than many groups of people. I know that my worst day is better than many peoples best days. It breaks my heart that we are such a rich country when so many are poor. I realize that our nation is concerned about little petty things, while other nations are starving. But I do not think our whole nation is self absorbed, there are many groups of people out there trying to change and help groups.
Another problem I have is that when talking about white privilege, it seems like its only black vs. white. In class someone brought this up and I just felt like we should talk about it more. Whites have more privileges than blacks, but what about other groups. Could it be argued that blacks have more privileges then say native Americans? How many native Americans are in politics compared to whites or even blacks? What about Arab Americans? I’m not trying to undermine the privileges that whites do have, but when talking about minorities, the class seems to a lot of times center around black vs. white.
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